UK vehicle statistics / Keeway

How many Keeway K-Light motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 870 licensed and 604 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Keeway K-Light generic-model group.

Looking at a K-Light?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular K-Light is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the K-Light disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 985 in 2022 Q3 and stand at 870 in 2026 Q1, down 12%. That is up 80% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 604 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 1,474 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1870604
2025 Q4891594
2025 Q3917577
2025 Q2903591
2025 Q1895584
2024 Q4894558
2024 Q3903366
2024 Q2938319
2024 Q1938288
2023 Q4956268
2023 Q3976228
2023 Q2983187

Other Keeway models

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Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.